Lecturer - Psychedelics Education - Berkeley School of Education

University of California-Berkeley; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 122,000; Part time

Job summary

UC Berkeley seeks outstanding part-time lecturers to teach EDUC 125: Psychedelics Education and the Persistent Taboo on Alternative Ways of Knowing. This introductory course uses psychedelics as a case study to explore how epistemologies shape knowledge in educational settings.

In addition to teaching, duties include holding office hours, grading, advising students, preparing course materials, and collaborating with program leadership and other BSE faculty.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree, or equivalent international degree.
• Five or more years of experience facilitating psychedelic care in a professional setting.

Responsibilities

• Teach or co-teach EDUC 125: Psychedelics Education and the Persistent Taboo on Alternative Ways of Knowing.
• Hold office hours, assign grades, advise students, prepare course materials.
• Collaborate with program leadership and BSE faculty.

Education

Master's Degree

Five+ years experience

Job description

Position overview

Position title: Lecturer

Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay at appointment. The current salary scale for this position [ Salary Scale] A reasonable salary estimate for full-time Lecturer positions is $73,817 to $122,008.

Percent time: 11%-100% FTE based on the number or courses and/or additional duties assigned.

Anticipated start: Applicants will be selected from this pool to be appointed in the spring semester and/or the fall semester and some applicants may have an opportunity to teach in our Summer Sessions.

Position duration: Initial appointments will be for a single semester or single academic year and or summer sessions (6-10 weeks depending on session) with the possibility of reappointment based on program needs.

Application Window

Open date: October 1, 2026

Next review date: Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Final date: Friday, Oct 1, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Position description

We are seeking outstanding part-time lecturers who can teach or co-teach EDUC 125: Psychedelics Education and the Persistent Taboo on Alternative Ways of Knowing. This introductory course uses psychedelics as a three-part case study to examine:

• How educational institutions and broader society have adjudicated among competing ways of knowing (i.e., epistemologies, or worldviews).
• How this process of adjudication has limited psychedelics education and risk reduction efforts that stand to equip students with critical knowledge and scientifically-based tools.
• How comprehensive knowledge and appropriate campus-based and other tools might support the navigation of complex, real-world contexts safely, rather than assuming pure avoidance of psychedelic substances.

Knowledge about and knowledge from psychedelics resides at the intersection of many epistemic traditions and communities of practice, each with their own set of debates, shared agreements, and norms for producing knowledge: neuroscientists, clinical researchers, Indigenous and spiritual collectives, policymakers, and educators. All members of educational institutions - students, families, instructors, curriculum designers, and educational decision-makers - have to decide which communal knowledge traditions they will embrace and which they will reject and, in the ideal cases, reflect on why some traditions count more than others.

This course ultimately identifies the unique epistemic, legal, ideological, and practical tensions and alignments that shape teaching and learning about psychedelics. Much like the perennial debates about whether schools should teach abstinence or comprehensive, evidence-based curricula with respect to sex education, alcohol and cannabis education, suicide education, and most recently, digital literacy education, this course is premised on the belief that evidence-based, risk-reduction curricula increase safe decision-making. It is education in the public interest - one of the central tenets of the mission of a public university.

In addition to teaching responsibilities, duties include holding office hours, assigning grades, advising students, preparing course materials, and collaborating with program leadership, and other BSE Faculty members.

School: https://bse.berkeley.edu/

Program: https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/facilitation-certificate-program/

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

• Master's Degree, or equivalent international degree.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

• Five or more years of experience in facilitating pychadelic care in a professional setting.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Teaching Statement - Please discuss prior teaching experience, teaching approach, and future teaching interests. This can include, for example, specific efforts, accomplishments, and future plans to support the success of all students through inclusive curriculum, classroom environment, and pedagogy.

Reference requirements

• 3 required (contact information only)

Reference names are collected but may not be contacted depending on the size of the recruitment pool and needs of the review committee. If references are requested, they will be requested for all applicants who are still under consideration at that time.

About UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with UC Regents Policy 4400 and University of California Academic Personnel policy (APM 210 1-d). These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

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Job location

Berkeley, CA